Tuesday, December 23, 2008

All Clear

Well its been a little over a month... or two since my surgery and I am fine. All that wasted energy on worry and doubt and all I had to do was really let go and let God.

Though I should mention that I couldn't get through it without my family, friends, and support system at church... thanks guys!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The MAC is Back

I love MAC... the MAC is all better now, and Apple even fixed it for free, and it is way out of the warranty not even near it. Can you even believe that, those guys are great! You see with windows I can't even talk to a human on the phone, and unless you are a computer repair person many people have problems with crashing and freezing. I had MAC on for 3 years straight and it never shut off or froze or anything.

Now with MAC every tells me, I just don't know how to work it... I don't understand it. Well let me tell you I thought the same thing and I had some anxiety, but it was so easy to learn. It is built to be simpler you just have to remove the "I can't" roadblock.

really I am not trying to sell you a MAC just trying to share in my excitement of having my MAC back....


Luuuke... come to the MAC side

Monday, December 15, 2008

Hot Diggity Dogs

I am a hot dog fan. I love them with tons of stuff on them or hardly anything at all. My favorite that I make at home is... chili, cheese, onion, green chilis, mustard, sourkraut, dill relish. Heartburn city I know.

Anyways my husband while we were dating introduced me to Taylors and they are so good that is no doubt, but I am a cheese person and I always said to my self "self... this would be perfect with cheese" Now this is just personal opinion and I don't want to cause a stir...

When Hot Diggity first opened up where the old Jolly Cone was on Noble and Lovers Lane I went there and wow Taylors with cheese.... I knew it, boy were they good and I went there alot, well one day it had a new name and they were gone, the new place is okay I am not a huge fan but I will stop by, not for the hotdogs though, to greasy and they just don't taste right.

I thought I would never get a Diggity again until I was driving to Tulare the back way and stopped at the gas station past the overpass (locals know) and there it was tucked into a gas station. I pulled in and got me a Diggity and it wasn't as fabulous as I remembered but it was yummy and a little on the greasy side but that's okay CAUSE ITS A CHILI DOG...

Saturday, December 6, 2008

Getting Ready for Christmas

Okay so I really really love christmas. Growing up christmas decorations went up the day after Thanksgiving and stayed up till New Years Day... cause we're crazy like that! My husband is the son of Grinch (but secretly I think he likes it) With the economy the way it is we are cutting way back, and you know it isn't so bad, it is more about the kids and our parents.

I started a christmas organizer, oooh that is fun, perfect for my control freak nature, they also have a plan out for easter to. It is called the Christmas Organizer, I had everything done before december... except for 1-2 little gifts. Decorating, meal planning... yep this year I am tossing my feet up and watching the show. Out of goodness of my heart I am sharing the website for this. http://organizedchristmas.com/

I also suggest the Household organizer it is super fabulous and it is nice if you want to start organizing things. Now I noticed that some of the people on this site are a little "maniac" with their folders and hey that's cool, but I am more of a empty out an old binder from school and use it, kind of girl.

anyhoo it works, do it.

End the madness now.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Rio Churrasco Brazilian Restaurant

So Brazilian food hmmm. I am intrigued and therefore I went....this is my sacrifice to you, not for me and my obsession with food.

Here in Visalia there are sooo many places to eat that it is just plain difficult to choose, so we get into our fav's and stay there, but I say lets try something different and Rio Churrasco that sounds different.

So the paper says there are "waiters, called gauchos, wearing red sashes" bringing skewers of meat, and I am down with that; bring it on I say. I went during lunch and it was a little slow, with my friend and they gave me a block that's red on one side that signals you are done; and green on the other that signals bring more food. How easy is that every place should do that. It's kind of a cave man approach to eating.

I was excited about the prospect of "skewers of meat" coming at me; my first round came after I went to the buffet area to fill up with beans, rice, veggies, etc. He put tiny little pieces of what ever he happened to have on the skewer. It was super good, but the caveman inside wanted to say "leave skewer.. go away" grunt grunt. Go green. save a trip, me want bigger portions.

Though it was small the flavor was huge, there was not one single item I didn't like there, that is when I grasped the concept behind the little pieces, there was a big variety of meats, and he just kept coming by bringing little pieces. I can't even really pin point which one was a favorite they are all just good, that is pretty rare these days to like a menu. I can't say I would go there often because I do have a problem with $15 per person for lunch. But it was mmm mmm good.

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